It is not a criminal court and we are not on trial, no matter how much the media play it up. An independent panel of Judges is a different kettle of fish to a jury. We should not be complacent but this situation is very different to our flawed criminal justice system.If you were prosecuted of murder, would you not be the slightest bit concerned about a court finding you guilty just because you know you are innocent (you are on trial after all)?
The club and us fans can have whatever opinion we want about how guilty or innocent we are. In the end of the day, if we really are guilty or innocent is more or less irrelevant. What matters is what those who determine the verdict think, believe and how they interpret the "evidence".
One would have some incredible (and naive) belief in the justice system to believe that the ones found guilty always did the crime or that the ones found innocent always was in fact innocent. We are on trial so of course there is always a risk of a negative outcome regardless of how confident the club are of their innocence. It's not the club that decides the verdict.
With that said, it's of course positive that the club seems certain of a positive outcome, that indicates that they themselves are sure they have not done anything wrong. Lets hope this "independent commission" agree!
The crazy "sportswashing" conspiracy has reached new levels. Not only are scores of our senior execs and our sponsors involved in a wholesale fraud process with our accounts but now Erling and all his advisers have decided to damage his future careeer just to promote the image of the UAE. There must be hundreds of people involved in this scam . It's a bigger scam than the Truman Show!

its the hope that kills youDoes this even make sense
He actually said “for yonks”. FFS…Nick's got a lot of energy this morning, I wonder why(arse going?).
He's also either shameless beyond belief or he's lost all sense of self awareness:
"It’s all a show designed to get gullible people to swallow their lies like hungry, hungry hippos."
The only people who take him seriously are exactly the emotionally retarded red shirt dunces, who will believe absolutely anything without any supporting evidence, just so long as it confirms their biases. He's not offered any proof that MZB is the real owner of CFG but states it as a fact(numerous gaping holes in this theory btw). He's not even proved the whole City takeover was 'just a sportswashing project(gaping holes in this too) for the UAE' but states it as a fact. It's just logical fallacies galore, one after the other and then he sits back smugly like it's all water tight facts.
What a horrible, fraudulent little man he is.
"The UAE’s spin doctor in chief has been working his mouthpieces in the media for yonks"
Ah yes all them pro city, city ownership and pro UAE articles in the UK press... Who could forget that non-existent mountain load of articles in the relevant domains, to back up what you're saying Nick...
Lastly, who is tweet quoting at the end? Himself? He's got more front than Katie price. Anyone who actually is half intelligent and knows the subjects he's waffling about and it goes like this:
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Why are you going on about this?So, in the real world, if a club like Juventus gets relegated because of match-fixing, how can they force their players to stay?
Breach of Contractual Integrity. Severe Reputation Damage. Significant Change in Professional Conditions. Economic Instability.On what grounds?
Its rude to not answer questions? I am the boring bastard in the pub that everyone avoids.Why are you going on about this?
You're coming across like the boring bastard in the pub that everyone avoids.
You’re making this up as you go along.Breach of Contractual Integrity. Severe Reputation Damage. Significant Change in Professional Conditions. Economic Instability.
The horse is dead. Time to stop flogging it.Breach of Contractual Integrity. Severe Reputation Damage. Significant Change in Professional Conditions. Economic Instability.
Everything that happens is concrete evidence of our guilt.I don't use Twitter so only see the bits posted on here from "Magic Hat" but his comments today suggest that he is totally deranged.
Kin ell I bet you are a right blast at parties. You are either sucked into the media bullshit or a rag. Haven't decided which yet.Breach of Contractual Integrity. Severe Reputation Damage. Significant Change in Professional Conditions. Economic Instability.
Its rude to not answer questions? I am the boring bastard in the pub that everyone avoids.
Not only is it a preposterous theory, but he's been on the glue if he thinks a negative result in this case would even register as a blip on the UAE's business landscape.That actually sounds utterly preposterous.
12*9+6 = 114. Got to be more than just a coincidence? Strange to have a 9 1/2 year contract anyway
Boomer word thatHe actually said “for yonks”. FFS…
Don’t take a fine City, we should be looking for hundreds of millions in reputational damages. It’s not us who are cheating corrupt bastards
Used by teenagersBoomer word that
Blud...innit fam?Used by teenagers